Words

Question 1

Mosi

Answer 1

To eat

Question 2

Mita

Answer 2

Meat (positive connotation)

Question 3

Gusha

Answer 3

Vegetables (negative connotation) (its color is green)

Question 4

Mi - plural: mimi

Answer 4

I, me - plural: we, us

Question 5

Muhe

Answer 5

Triumph, like, want

Question 6

Biat

Answer 6

To hit, to curse (possibly used for emphasis, e.g. “very”)

Question 7

Ye - plural: yeye

Answer 7

You, your (possibly condescending, informal)

Question 8

Yo - plural: yoyo

Answer 8

You, your (friendly, formal)

Question 9

Da/dada

Answer 9

Good/very good, affirmation, very (emphasis) (can be used as praise)

Question 10

Domu

Answer 10

To dance

Question 11

Eleka

Answer 11

Now (meaning uncertain)

Question 12

Sada

Answer 12

To sing, singing, song, solid, hard

Question 13

Nye

Answer 13

Not, un- (can be used for negation)

Question 14

Nunu

Answer 14

To sleep (its color is black)

Question 15

Nini

Answer 15

Storm, wind, anemo (meaning uncertain) (its color is white)

Question 16

Zido

Answer 16

To kill, to end (may mean “to fight”) (may mean “nothing” in some contexts)

Question 17

Movo

Answer 17

To bring, to come (meaning uncertain)

Question 18

Movo lata

Answer 18

Water

Question 19

Kuzi

Answer 19

Mighty, strong

Question 20

Celi

Answer 20

Heat, pyro, fire, the sun (its color is red)

Question 21

Celi lata

Answer 21

“Hot cold” or “fire cold” (refers to things that emit light but not heat, e.g. the moon, fireflies)

Question 22

Celi upa

Answer 22

The sun

Question 23

Upa

Answer 23

To combine, to merge, to gather

Question 24

Dada upa

Answer 24

Tall/large mountain

Question 25

Shato

Answer 25

Like, alike, similar

Question 26

Lata

Answer 26

Cryo, ice, cold (its color is blue)

Question 27

Unu

Answer 27

God, one (A holy word that embodies hilichurls’ concept of gods and the origin of life) (its color is yellow)

Question 28

Du

Answer 28

Two

Question 29

Unu du

Answer 29

Three

Question 30

Dudu

Answer 30

Four

Question 31

Mani

Answer 31

To give, hands, physical labor, five

Question 32

Ya - plural: yaya

Answer 32

Human

Question 33

Ika

Answer 33

Enemy, bad people

Question 34

Kundala

Answer 34

To exist, to live

Question 35

Dala

Answer 35

What

Question 36

Si

Answer 36

Thing

Question 37

Valo

Answer 37

Thank you

Question 38

Buka

Answer 38

Stomach (may indicate hunger)

Question 39

Guru guru

Answer 39

Hungry (meaning uncertain)

Question 40

Kucha

Answer 40

Weak, small (slightly contemptuous connotation)

Question 41

Kucha gusha

Answer 41

Seed

Question 42

Odomu

Answer 42

Friend

Question 43

Tiga

Answer 43

Stone, geo

Question 44

Plata

Answer 44

Shield

Question 45

Vin

Answer 45

Wine

Question 46

Pupu

Answer 46

Grass (meaning uncertain) (may be used insultingly)

Question 47

Beru si

Answer 47

What are you doing (meaning of individual words uncertain)

Question 48

Olah

Answer 48

Hello

Question 49

Biadam

Answer 49

Bad (exact meaning unknown, always strong negative, may be rude)

Question 50

Boya

Answer 50

Color (used as a suffix for colors, e.g. gusha boya, “grass color”, is green)

Question 51

Lawa

Answer 51

King or chief (as in lawachurl)

Question 52

Du ya zido dala

Answer 52

Where did this thing go (meaning of “du” uncertain, inconsistent with other translations, possibly idiomatic)